Crews are searching for a couple in their 20’s who didn’t return at the expected time from a hike in Garfield County Monday. The man and woman left their car at a trail head Sunday, and were hiking in Escalante on the way back to the car, according to KSL. […]
Traffic is flowing again on State Route 12 in Red Canyon after flash flooding Thursday afternoon. A mudslide blocked the road in Garfield County and closed a section west of Bryce Canyon City. Officials say a nearby weather station received over an inch of rain in less than an hour […]
Panguitch City is on a boil order for culinary water as crews work to clean up a potential contamination. The Garfield County Sheriff’s office reports efforts to clear out a bacterial contamination after flooding and debris moved through the watershed. According to the Sheriff’s Office, many volunteers are helping to […]
Republican for U.S. Senate Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote MITT ROMNEY 71.71% 217049 MIKE KENNEDY 28.29% 85622 – County: Sevier Republican for County Commissioner A Candidate % Popular Vote Popular Vote SCOTT T. JOHNSON 65.88% 2442 CONRAD MILLER 34.12% 1265 – Republican for County Clerk/Auditor Candidate % Popular Vote […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 60-year-old man and a boy he’s suspected of kidnapping from Colorado were found near a southern Utah lake where they had been walking naked after asking for food and water from campers. Garfield County sheriff’s spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said David Glenn Freeman and the […]
(Escalante, UT) — A man is dead after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing in Escalante. Investigators with the Highway Patrol don’t know why the 41-year-old lost control on Center Street on Saturday but say he didn’t have a helmet on. The man reportedly died while emergency crews were […]
ESCALANTE, Utah (AP) — Southern Utah officials say a bomb squad has destroyed two mortars found in a remote area near the town of Escalante. Garfield County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said a resident found the mortars near a camping area and emailed the sheriff’s office Friday to let them […]
A man is dead in Garfield County after he fell from a ledge while trying to surprise his wife on her birthday. 51-year-old Dee Jessop fell about 50 or 60 feet when he slipped in Circleville Canyon on Saturday. He was celebrating his wife’s birthday by attempting to climb up […]
